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I'm prone to sleep paralysis when sleeping on my back... Very difficult to explain, but it's a nightmarish feeling where you are sleeping and at the same time not.
It's a very unconfortable feeling where you can't wake up, shout or even move. Sometimes you can hear strange voices others may even see things (never happend to me tho).
It's very scary shit, every night when going to bed, the first thing I do is put myself in a side position to avoid having again a sleep parlysis !!! It nearly happens every time when I fall asleep on the back position.
In my experience you can still control your breathing. I like to try breathing morse code as loud as I can. It makes me feel a little better that Im doing all I can, even if it's next to nothing.
Never tried... It seems rather difficult to think to breath when then only thing you want is to wake up as fast as possible !
YMMV there, a lot (like a disturbing amount) of sleep paralysis sufferers report a hag coming to sit on their chest making breathing hard. I've never met her and I'm so glad I didn't.